{"id":51414,"date":"2022-08-13T08:16:34","date_gmt":"2022-08-13T15:16:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=51414"},"modified":"2022-08-15T08:17:11","modified_gmt":"2022-08-15T15:17:11","slug":"dems-push-climate-health-and-tax-bill-over-finish-line","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=51414","title":{"rendered":"Dems push climate, health and tax bill over finish line"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The House late Friday passed a sweeping bill from Democrats that would advance their climate, tax and health care agenda, sending the legislation to Biden\u2019s desk and securing a huge win for the president and his party less than three months from the midterm elections.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>All 220 Democrats voted for the $740 billion bill, which\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nxslink.thehill.com\/click\/28718406.9112\/aHR0cHM6Ly90aGVoaWxsLmNvbS9ob21lbmV3cy8zNTkyNjk0LWhlcmVzLXdoYXRzLWluLXRoZS1pbmZsYXRpb24tcmVkdWN0aW9uLWFjdC10aGUtc3dlZXBpbmctaGVhbHRoLWFuZC1jbGltYXRlLWJpbGwtcGFzc2VkLXN1bmRheS8_ZW1haWw9YjBiZWZiMmRhZmNlM2E4N2U3ZjEzNmJiMDY1NGRmMDUzZjg0NTNhYyZlbWFpbGE9MWEyNzU3ZTM1ODAwMWJhMjYzMThiMDJiODZmNDEzMTEmZW1haWxiPWMxYjU4OTFlYzgyZGUwOWRiY2Y5NzNhZDQ5NTQ2MDMyZWNlNzk1MGZiM2E3ZTdjYTg2ZGQ5Y2ZjY2FiZTY5Yjg\/6230d8c8b246d104952dff9aB4f4d3e18\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/nxslink.thehill.com\/click\/28718406.9112\/aHR0cHM6Ly90aGVoaWxsLmNvbS9ob21lbmV3cy8zNTkyNjk0LWhlcmVzLXdoYXRzLWluLXRoZS1pbmZsYXRpb24tcmVkdWN0aW9uLWFjdC10aGUtc3dlZXBpbmctaGVhbHRoLWFuZC1jbGltYXRlLWJpbGwtcGFzc2VkLXN1bmRheS8_ZW1haWw9YjBiZWZiMmRhZmNlM2E4N2U3ZjEzNmJiMDY1NGRmMDUzZjg0NTNhYyZlbWFpbGE9MWEyNzU3ZTM1ODAwMWJhMjYzMThiMDJiODZmNDEzMTEmZW1haWxiPWMxYjU4OTFlYzgyZGUwOWRiY2Y5NzNhZDQ5NTQ2MDMyZWNlNzk1MGZiM2E3ZTdjYTg2ZGQ5Y2ZjY2FiZTY5Yjg\/6230d8c8b246d104952dff9aB4f4d3e18&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1660431432625000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2RlYGUFVSI0_PV9aWbdTTq\">includes provisions<\/a>\u00a0to increase taxes on corporations, address climate change, decrease the prices of prescription drugs and bring down the deficit.<\/p>\n<p><strong>More work to do:\u00a0<\/strong>The legislation makes historic changes to the health care system, but Democrats acknowledged they wished they could have done more.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u201cIt\u2019s a great bill; it\u2019s historic,\u201d Speaker\u00a0Nancy Pelosi\u00a0(D-Calif.) told reporters this week in the Capitol. \u201cI want more, of course \u2014 we always want more. But this is a great deal.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cPeople like me wanted a lot more, right? But the bottom line is you can only get done what\u2019s possible within the reality you\u2019re living,\u201d said Rep. Jim McGovern (D-Mass.).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The exclusions have prompted some grumbling from progressive lawmakers who\u2019d fought for a more expansive package, but none of them opposed the bill.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The House late Friday passed a&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-51414","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-health"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51414","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=51414"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51414\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":51415,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51414\/revisions\/51415"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=51414"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=51414"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=51414"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}